Finding Aid for the Loye Miller Papers, ca. 1904-1969

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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Finding Aid for the Loye Miller Papers, ca. 1904-1969

Collection number: 129

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information

Manuscripts Division
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Processed by:: Manuscripts Division staff
Encoded by:: Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:: Josh Fiala, August 2002

Descriptive Summary

Title: Loye Miller Papers,

Date (inclusive): ca. 1904-1969

Collection number: 129

Creator: Miller, Loye, 1874-1970

Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Loye Holmes Miller (1874-1970) was a professor of biology at UCLA and contributed 100 papers on fossil and recent vertebrates of the Pacific Coast to various publishers. The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, recordings, and photographs.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, 1944-1967.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Loye Miller Papers (Collection 129). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233422

Biography

Loye Holmes Miller was born on October 13, 1874 in Minden, Los Angeles; BS (1898), MS (1903), Ph.D (1912), University of California; instructor in natural science, Oahu College, Honolulu (1900-03); instructor in biology (1904-18), assistant professor (1919-20), associate professor (1920-23), professor (1923-43), UCLA; member, American Society of Naturalists; president of the board of governors, Cooper Ornithological Club; contributed 100 papers on fossil and recent vertebrates of the Pacific Coast to various publishers; published books include The Marital Tie in Birds (1919?) and Lifelong Boyhood: Recollections of a Naturalist Afield (1950); he died on April 6, 1970.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, recordings, and photographs of Loye Holmes Miller, UCLA Professor of Biology. Includes 12 records featuring sounds of nature, travel journals, speeches, interview transcripts, and manuscripts of article on nature articles, mostly ornithology. Also includes the manuscript draft of his books, The Marital Tie in Birds (1919?) and Lifelong Boyhood (1950).

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Manuscripts and typescripts.
Recordings.
Journals (manuscript) and miscellaneous.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Miller, Loye, 1874-1970--Archives.

University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of Biology--Faculty--Archival resources.

Ornithologists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.

Manuscripts for publication.

Manuscripts, Typescripts, etc.

Box 1, Folder 1

Ornithology of the Looking Glass.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on yellow note pad 6 × 8, 37 sheets. In manila envelope.

Scope and Content Note

With note of transmittal, Autograph note signed, to My Dear Quincey and dated June 23, 1944. Addressed to Mr. Robert L. Quinsey, Library Staff (Campus).

Box 1, Folder 2

Ornithology of the Looking Glass.

Physical Description: Typescript (original) double-spaced on 19 white sheets, 8.5 × 11. Sheets have been renumbered at upper right with red crayon 325-343. Title typed on yellow sheet, numbered 324. Corrections in pencil and blue crayon.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, January 18, 1945.

Box 1, Folder 3

Ornithology of the Looking Glass.

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) double-spaced on 19 white sheets, 8.5 × 11. OF in title has been crossed out and in substituted in pencil. Corrected in pencil.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller.

Box 1, Folder 4

Ornithology in the Looking Glass.

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) double-spaced on 18 white sheets, 8.5 × 11.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller.

Box 1, Folder 5

A Pliocene Flamingo from Mexico. Title page autographed in ink, and dated 1944.

Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) double-spaced on 12 white sheets, 8.5 × 11. Corrections in red crayon and pencil. Pencil note over title Sent to Wilson Bulletin/Dec.20/'43.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, July 18, 1944.

Box 1, Folder 6

The Coastal Fog Belt in California.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on yellow note paper 6 × 8, 11 sheets. First sheet gives typing instructions and bears autograph.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, July 26, 1944.

Box 1, Folder 7

Fly Ways.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on 11 sheets yellow note paper 6 × 8. First sheet gives typing instructions and bears autograph.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, November 1944.

Box 1, Folder 8

An annotated list of birds seen on the UCLA campus during the years 1929 to 1944.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on 40 sheets yellow note paper 6 × 8. First sheet gives typing instructions and bears autograph.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, November 1944.

Box 1, Folder 9

Campus Bird Notes.

Physical Description: Typescript (original), 20 sheets, 8.5 × 11 white. Title and author's name crossed out in pencil and Annotated List of Species substituted at top of first page. Property of Loye Miller written in pencil at upper right of first page. Many notes throughout in pencil.

Box 1, Folder 10

Annotated list of birds seen on the UCLA campus during the years 1929 to 1944.

Physical Description: (Carbon) double-spaced on 25 white sheets 8.5 × 11. Sheet 17 is an original. Corrections throughout in red crayon. Back of sheet 21 and sheet 22 have been marked in purple, blue and green crayon by a child.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller.

Box 1, Folder 10

Birds of the UCLA Campus.

Physical Description: Typescript (original) double-spaced on 10 white sheets 8.5 × 11.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller.

Box 1, Folder 11

Sounds in the Night.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on 15 yellow note sheets 6 × 8. Typing instructions on first sheet. Corrections in red crayon. Autograph on first sheet.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, December 17, 1946.

Box 1, Folder 12

Juniper Trees.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on 12 yellow note sheets 6 × 8. Typing instructions and autograph on first sheet. Corrections in red crayon.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, December 17, 1946.

Box 1, Folder 13

Humming Birds.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on 10 yellow note sheets 6 × 8. Typing instructions and autograph on first sheet. Corrections in red crayon.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, December 17, 1946.

Box 1, Folder 14

Old Mother Oriole.

Physical Description: Manuscript, pencil on 9 yellow note sheets 6 × 8. Typing instructions and autograph on first sheet. Corrections in red crayon.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, December 17, 1946.

Box 1, Folder 15

Typescript (some original, some carbon).

Physical Description: Double-spaced on 18 white sheets 8.5 × 11. Corrections and notes in pencil, ink and blue crayon.

Scope and Content Note

Title in pencil on first sheet Music in Nature and (Script of a Spoken Book recorded by Columbia 1942)/The long dashes represent sound effects.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, September 20, 1949.

Box 1, Folder 16

Typescript (original).

Physical Description: Notations and corrections in ink, pencil, red crayon, blue crayon. 17 sheets white 8.5 × 11. First sheet double-spaced, others triple spaced.

Scope and Content Note

Title in pencil on first sheet Music in Nature and Script of spoken book recorded by Columbia Recordings 1942/(marks to guide the voice in reading into the microphone).

Has note on small piece of yellow paper, written by Dr. Miller, in pencil, to L.C. Powell, and carbon of letter from L.C. Powell to Dr. Miller attached.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller, December, 1949.

Lifelong Boyhood. Berkeley, University of California Press. 1950

Box 1, Folder 17

1. Manuscript draft of book:

Scope and Content Note

24 sheets, ruled notebook 4.25 × 7.25, punched 3 holes, ink, dated at top of first page July 1947. Original title crossed out in pencil, with pencil title added, Early Days. 4 sheets (notebook, as above), ink, original title crossed out, title added: Growth of Biological Interests; clipped to 10 sheets, yellow 8 × 8.75, pencil, signed Loye Miller and dated September 1947 on last sheet.
21 sheets, yellow 8.5 × 10, pencil; titled The Growth of Paleontologic Interests signed by author and dated September 1947 in upper left corner of first sheet. Clipped together 17 sheets (notebook, as above) ink, titled First Arizona Trip 1894 (written January 1947). Sheets tied together. 32 sheets (notebook, as above) ink, titled Cape Region, Baja California. 1896 Written January 1947); signed by author. Sheets tied together.
33 sheets, yellow 8.5 × 10, pencil, titled The John Day Expedition 1899 (Summer), signed by author and dated September 1947 in upper left corner of first page. Clipped together.
35 sheets, yellow 8 × 8.75, pencil, titled Cruising down the Latitudes, signed by author at upper right of first sheet. Clipped together.
44 sheets, yellow 8 × 8.75, pencil, titled Fording the Sierras - by Loye Miller. Clipped together.

Note

Gift of the author, 1951.

Box 1, Folder 17

2. Typescript (original).

Physical Description: Typed sheets corrected in pencil.

Scope and Content Note

Double-spaced on 8.5 × 11 white sheets.

3 sheets foreword, 1 yellow sheet part one, sheets numbered in pencil at upper right 5-157, 162, 163, 181-186, 203-205.

Reprint of California's Ancient Bird Life numbered 170 thru 180.

Articles entitled The Martial Tie in Birds, and The Biography of Nip and Tuck, numbered 191-201.

Note

Gift of the author, 1951.

Box 1, Folder 17

3. Typescript from which book was set.

Note

Received April 9, 1951.

Recordings

Box 2, Folder 1

19 12 records.

Scope and Content Note

Alecran 3 parts Sounds in the Night

Juniper Trees 3 parts Fly Ways

Hummingbirds 3 parts Robins

Fog Belt 3 parts A Biological Triangle

Old Mother Oriole 3 parts A Fossil Story

Temptations 2 parts Toads

Spirituals 3 parts

Note

Gift of Mrs. Henry Rieber and friends of L.H. Miller.

Box 2, Folder 2

4 12 records - Columbia 1942. Music in Nature 7 sides; Bird Calls on 8.

Note

Gift of Dr. Loye Miller.

Box 2, Folder 3

4 12 records - Music in Nature. A transcribed lecture made by University Press, Berkeley. 1946.

Physical Description: 7 sides.

Journals (Manuscript)

Box 3, Folder 1

Cruise to Panama. February-April 1936.

Box 3, Folder 2

Random notes on coastwise fauna [of] Southern California; 40 years a beachcomber. 1908-1938.

Box 3, Folder 3

Expedition to El Salvador. Summer 1925.